User blog comment:Sefiros2211/Dante's Age/@comment-72.218.90.59-20140429050614/@comment-26269901-20150501161013

Mr. (or Mrs.) Wikia contributor, even in DMC universe white-haired kids are not something ordinary. The demon did not burn that town just because, it had a mission to kill son of Sparda and take his power. Dante had his eyes fixated on the spot where the box was buried. There is some talk considering timeline if mother was Eva or some adoptive mother, and if Dante and Vergil were perhaps playing role of one child, but to say it was some random kid is just a sad case of giving up.

DMC1 novel is not canon, DMC2 novel still is from my knowledge. DMC3 manga is still considered canon.